Paper bag



A. E. WELISTOQK ET AL 7 April 12, 1927.

PAPER BAG Filed May '7,v 1926 Alexander flarrjfl ne Patented Apr. 12,1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER E. WEISTOCK AND HARRY DAHNE, F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

PAPER BAG.

Application filed May '7, 1926. Serial No. 107,425.

' rangement thereof as hereinafter described plete bag;

and claimed.

A prime object of the invention is to provide in conjunction with a bagproper a single cord for supporting the same and which is so arrangedwith relation to the side walls and the bottom wall of the bag as toeffectually brace the bottom wall where the greatest strain occurs whenthe bag is filled.

I-Ieretofore it has been the practice to support the bag by differentcord arrangements, as where an endless cord is threaded through openingsin the sides of the bag proper and passed in parallel relation under thebottom. It has also been the practice to provide a plurality ofsupporting cords with portions thereof passing under the bottom of thebag proper and interlaced with each other.

For obvious reasons it has been found that it is desirable to provide abag support ing means which does not penetrate through the bottom of thebag. It is also desirable to use but a single supporting cord andarrange the portions thereof so that the weight of the objects withinthe bag pressing down upon the bag bottom particularly at the center ofthe bag bottom, will not have a tendency to break the bottom of the bagor cut through the bottom of the bag in consequence of any slidingmovement that the cord may have with respect to the body of the bag.

To this end, the invention resides in the construction, combination, andarrangement of parts, elements and features, hereinafter moreparticularly pointed out.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of thecom- Figure 2 is a perspective viewof the cord arrangement used in conjunction with the body of the bag.

The bag is formed from heavy paper and includes side walls 1 and abottom wall 2. The bottom wall 2 is imperforate. Both of the side walls1 of the bag are provided with upper spaced openings 3 and lower spacedopenings 4. The respective openings at the at openings 3 and 4 arelactate-d at equal distances beyond and at opposite sides of the medianvertical dimension of the side walls 1 of the bag.

A single cord '5Vbefore being made endless by a single knot 6, isthreaded inwardly through the openings 3 and outwardly through theopenings 4 in the lower portion of the sides of the bag. Portions 7 ofthe said cord extend diagonally from the openings 4 at one side of thebag around the edges and under the lower surface of the bottom 2 .of thebag and through the openings 4 at the opposite side walls 1 of the bag.Thus the portions 7 extend diagonally across the bottom of the bag andintersect or cross each other at the point 8 which occurs at the centerof the bottom wall 2 of the bag. Each portion 7 extends from the opening4 at one side of the median vertical line of one side of the bag to theopening 4 lying at the opposide side of the vertical median line of theopposite side wall 1 of the bag. Portions 9 of the cord extend above theupper edge of the bag to provide handles.

By this arrangement it will be seen that the supporting cord reinforcesand braces the bottom of the bag where the greatest strain occurs andthe portions 7 may slip or .slide without cutting or damaging the bottomof the bag. At the same time, the sliding movement of the cord throughthe openings 3 and 4 will accommodate the cord to the folding of thebag,as in packing the bags, and in holding the bottom of the bag in itsnormal folded position when the bag is not in use. It will also be seenthat the paper bottom of the bag will not have to carry the load and bebroken by the variety of objects carried in .a bag of this kind inshopping use. In view of the fact that but a single cord is used, aminimum amount of material is employed in the make up of the bagstructure as an entirety and inasmuch as but a single knot is made inthe cord, time is saved in assembling the parts. At the same time a bagstructure is provided which possesses maximum strength and durability.This is due to the reinforced crossing of the portions 7 under thecenter of the bottom of the bag givin the maximum support at the centerof t e bag bottom, where the-re is the greatest Weight and strain.brought his the contents of the Approxiniatch at the point 8 where theportione T of the eord erosn each other a ring 9 is provided and thesaid portions 7 are threaded through the said ring as best Ahown in ligrnre 1 ol the drawing. 'ihue the portions 1' may have limitedlongitudinal sliding; movement with relations to each other but the Sidering will hold the point of intersection S at: all times approximatelyat the c inter ol? the bottom of the bag and therefore it will beimpossible for the pertions 7 to swing around the ends 0] the bottom ofthe hue and become dieplaced with respect to each other and withrelations to the bag bottom.

From the foregoing description of the construction of our improveddevice it will be seen that we have provided a simple, inexpensive andellieient means for carryingout the objects of the invention and whilewe have particularly (li.\ ciil')e 'l the elements; best adopted toperform the functions set forth, it is obvious that various changes inform, proportion and in the minor details of construction may heresorted to without departing from the spirit or sacril'ieing; any ofthe principles of the invention.

llaving thins tltjHt'l'llltll our invention what we claim is:

A paper bag having an inl wrtorate hottoni wall, the side walls ol thebag having. upper and lower openings located at equal distances beyondthe median vertical dimension ol the side walls and an endless cordthreaded through, the openings in the side walls of the bag andprojecting: above the edge oi the hog to form handles, said endless cordbeing dis ioned exteriorally of the lower portion of the side Walls ofthe bag and exteriorally ot' the bottom wall, said cord having portions;extending diagonally from the lower openings in the opposite 'side 'alleoil the bag directly and completely across the under surface of thebottom 01'' the ljltl and around the edges thereof and the portions ofthe cord at the same side at the lit-1;}: converging toward each otherfrom the openings toward the bottom of the bag and a ring; surrrnindingthe diagonally disponed portions of the cord.

in testimony whereof we aliix our signaitll'tii.

ALEXl-XNDER .E. WEISTOCK. HARRY DAIIN 1*).

